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Serendippily
Serendippily
Apr 2021
11:04pm, 30 Apr 2021
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Serendippily
I thought of pollocks crossing but he goes to Australia not war
Minnie Mad
Minnie Mad
May 2021
8:00am, 1 May 2021
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Minnie Mad
And To Serve them all my Days, although he was the son of a miner. Not sure who wrote it, but it was very sad!
LindsD
LindsD
May 2021
8:03am, 1 May 2021
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LindsD
RF Delderfield?
Minnie Mad
Minnie Mad
May 2021
8:09am, 1 May 2021
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Minnie Mad
Thank you, although I am none the wiser, it's a long time since I read it as a teenager.
Badger
Badger
May 2021
9:53am, 1 May 2021
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Badger
If you did a cut and shut on three or four Evelyn Waugh novels, you could get something that fits the whole pattern, but I don’t think any of them are quite there individually.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
May 2021
11:34am, 1 May 2021
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LazyDaisy
I read 'To serve them all my days' last year, as he lived much of his life in Sidmouth, and really enjoyed it. But you're right, he was a working class lad whose story starts when he came back from the Great War.

I feel sure I've read the book Dio describes but maybe it's just such a generic setting I only think I've read it.
Hanneke
Hanneke
May 2021
1:35pm, 1 May 2021
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Hanneke
It isn't T.H. White, is it?
Diogenes
Diogenes
May 2021
7:49pm, 1 May 2021
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Diogenes
Well the book I’m reading at the moment is A Possible Life, by Sebastian Faulks which (the first section of) seemed so familiar I was beginning to think I’d read it before (I haven’t), but lots similar.

Today I bought The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantell (been waiting for it to come out in paperback for ages it seems), Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (last year’s Booker winner), and something called Around The Coast in Eighty Waves by Jonathan Bennett (continuing my odd enthusiasm for books about surfing).

I did also look at and almost get The Five People You Meet In Heaven, May’s choice, but something about it didn’t quite convince me. Also, completely irrationally, I really hated the cover. I shall order it from the library.
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2021
8:13pm, 1 May 2021
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Serendippily
I think that’s probably a good choice. Im three quarters the way through and it’s quite a straightforward book. That’s not a terrible thing but I’m not feeling I will be rereading it
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2021
8:42pm, 1 May 2021
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Serendippily
Finished if anyone wants to borrow it

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December 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

December 2024 (Westmoors)
Mind of Winter (Laura Kasischke)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/mind-of-winter---dec-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63388
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11632

November 2024 (McG)
Appliance (J O Morgan)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/appliance-by-j-o-morgan---nov-2024-book-group-choice-63327
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11610

October 2024 (Bint)
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/hangsaman-by-shirley-jackson---october-2024-book-group-thread-63280
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11598

September 2024 (The Greppler)
Florida Roadkill (Tim Dorsey)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/florida-roadkill---book-group-september-2024-discussion-thread-63210
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11489

August 2024 (The Scribbler)
A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/a-thousand-ships---august-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63153
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11435

July 2024 (Fetch)
The Cranes That Build The Cranes (Jeremy Dyson)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-cranes-that-build-the-cranes---by-jeremy-dyson---july-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63104
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11364

June 2024 (Dio)
Bournville (Jonathan Coe)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/bournville-by-jonathan-coe---book-group-june-2024-discussion-thread-63061
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11356

May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-storied-life-of-a-j-fikry---may-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63033
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11337

April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/independence-day-by-richard-ford---april-2024-book-group-choice-63006
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11269

March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-high-house-by-jessie-greengrass---march-2024-fetch-book-group-discussion-thread-62965
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11192

February 2024 (Linds)
Severance (Ling Ma)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/severance-by-ling-ma---feb-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-62917
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11165

January 2024 (Night-owl)
The Rabbit Factor (Antti Tuomainen (Author), David Hackston (Translator))
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rabbit-factor---jan-2024-book-group-discussion-62892
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11119

December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-indisputable-existence-of-santa-claus---december-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62852
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11004

November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/watling-street---nov-2023-book-group-dicussion-thread-62830
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10925

October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/before-the-coffee-gets-cold---book-group---oct-2023-discussion-thread-62811
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10860

The last two months of Season Six:

September 2023 (westmoors)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/rabbit-run-by-john-updike---book-group-sept-2023-discussion-thread-62786
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10848

August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/queenie-by-candice-carty-williams---august-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62766
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10808

Currently Choosinating

Not yet chozzed:
~~Season Seven now complete!~~

Already chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples
Bint
McG
Westmoors

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
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